You're listening to the decluttered mom podcast. A podcast built specifically for busy moms by a busy mom. I'm your host, Diana Renee. And in 2017, I had my second daughter and it felt like I was literally drowning in my home. Okay, not literally,

but I felt like I couldn't breathe with all of the stuff surrounding me. Over the next 10 months,

I got rid of approximately 70% of our household belongings and I have never looked back.

I kind of feel like I hacked the mom system, and I'm here to share all the tips, tricks, and encouragement. Let's listen to today's show.

Welcome to this episode of the Decluttered Mom podcast. Today we are going to talk about decanting.

This is something that most people are like, what are you talking about? And once they figure out why I'm talking about it, they say, why would you do that?

And so let's just start with what in the world is decanting. You've probably seen it done.

You've probably even done it to some extent at some point in your life. But you just didn't know

that this is what it was called. So basically, decanting is taking anything from its current

container that it came in and putting it into a new container.

So you often see this in kitchens with food in the pantry and sometimes the fridge and

freezer. And so decanting is something that I think can be very helpful in your home.

It's not for everyone. It's not something that it's not

like decluttering where I'm like if you want a home that doesn't drive you crazy, you must

declutter. Like I'm not like you must decant in order for your life to be more functional.

I do think there are pros though. And and there are some cons. So let's just

get into it. Why would you decant? When I really sit down and think about it, there are basically

four reasons why someone would decant. The first one is aesthetics. And what I mean by that is it just looks

better. It looks better. It looks prettier. It looks more cohesive. And when you have all of your

food in like, you know, pretty organized containers, it's just visually going to look better.

And so for some people, that is enough reason right there.

For other people who are much more driven by function, which, hi, you can't see me, but I'm raising my hand.

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